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“Surely "the" museum to visit in Barcelona. For the artist and for the building. Imagine Montcada Street, in the Gothic quarter, five mansions united to form a museum, lovely to visit. About Pablo Ruiz Picasso the museum is essential to understand his formative years. The genius of the young artist is revealed to us through more than 3,500 works that make up this permanent collection.”

“The Chocolate Museum is a dynamic facility driven by the Pastry Shop of Barcelona, located in the old convent of Sant Agustí, which presents a journey through the origins of chocolate, its arrival in Europe and its diffusion as an element located between myth and reality, between medicinal properties and their nutritional value, which relate tradition to the future and that are part of our collective imagination.”

“The History Museum preserves a few Roman sites across the Gothic Quarter, such as the temple of Augustus and the Funeral Way on Plaça de la Vila de Madrid. But Plaça del Rei is where you can see Barcelona’s ancient history in detailed layers. You’ll take a lift down to where the remnants of a garum factory, laundries, dyeing shops and parts of ancient Barcino’s walls are all visible. The site is large, covering 4,000 square metres, which you’ll explore via elevated walkways. As you rise through the museum building you’ll step forward through time and enter the vaults of the Palau Reial Major, seat of the medieval Dukes of Barcelona.”

“A government-funded theater that does a fantastic job celebrating Spain’s film culture. They program full seasons from the country’s best auteurs. A good place to go revisit classics on the big screen and discover obscure independent filmmakers. The Filmoteca also has a wonderful library of film-related books, videos, and magazines.”

“The European Museum for Modern Art is the first museum to exclusively display and promote contemporary figurative art. It is part of the Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes, whose main goal is to spread and promote the Figurative Art from the 20th and 21st century. Llocated in Palau Gomis, an old palace from the 18th century built by a merchant named Gomis in 1792, in El Born district, Barcelona.”